A woman, 30, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after her baby hit its head and died when she gave birth unexpectedly in Rome, Italy.
According to local media, the woman, a Swedish national, claims she didn’t know she was pregnant until she went into labour.
The woman told police she did not know she was expecting and the baby was still attached to the umbilical cord when it fell on the floor. She said her mother found her and quickly wrapped the baby up in a towel before calling the emergency services.
When paramedics arrived, they found the two women in a room covered in blood.
The baby was taken to the Bambino Gesu Hospital in the Vatican City but it died two days later.
The woman was arrested in Acilia, a town south of Rome, and initially held for attempted murder after doctors said the infant’s injuries may have been due to a blow to the head with an object.
Her charges were later changed and the woman is being held under house arrest.
